loneliness

loneliness
lesscowbell
on December 5, 2025
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    JimJimmyJames
    Before I retired in 2024, I used to try to explain to my 20-something year old coworkers about how much freer we were, in so many stupid little ways, when I was in my 20's, 40+/- years ago.
    • December 5, 2025
    lesscowbell
    I finished high school when I was 17. I drove to Houston and spent a few days at my grandmother's house. I found a job and I found an apartment (rent: $125/month including utilities) and I went to work supporting myself. That was 1973. It was a very different world.
    • December 6, 2025
    JimJimmyJames
    ‌ Yes, it is a different world in many ways. For starters, you have to adjust the amount you paid in rent. Because of inflation over the last 52 years, $125 in 1973 is the same as $925 today. And I doubt utilities would be included in anybody's rent nowadays. What did you do for a jo... View More
    • December 6, 2025 Edited
    lesscowbell
    .‌.. My full-time job at age 17 was the graveyard shift at a convenience store. 2300-0700.
    • December 6, 2025